定 dìng

1. dìng verb to decide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 决定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 2; Ho 2002, '定' 3) 定 is the 180th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute frequency wordlist (1985).
2. dìng verb certainly; definitely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '定' 5)
3. dìng verb to determine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 约定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3)
4. dìng verb to calm down
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定下来 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3; Ho 2002, '定' 2)
5. dìng verb to set; to fix
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 眼睛定在目标 'fix your eyes on a target' (Ho 2002, '定' 1)
6. dìng verb to book; to subscribe to; to order
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定做 (Ho 2002, '定' 4)
7. dìng verb still
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a verb complement (Ho 2002, '定' 6)

Contained in

• 定期 regular; at regular intervals; fixed term ; to fix a date
• 固定词组(固定詞組) a set phrase
• 根据规定(根據規定) according to provisions; as stipulated in the rules
• 黎曼罗赫定理(黎曼羅赫定理) Riemann-Roch theorem
• 中国剩余定理(中國剩餘定理) Chinese remainder theorem
• 定都 to establish a capital
• 规定(規定) to fix; to set; to formulate; to stipulate ; law; rule; regulation
• 定见(定見) a fixed view
• 定式 joseki
• 必定 certainly
• 不定过去(不定過去) aorist
• 法定权利(法定權利) legal rights
• 甲磺磷定 pralidoxime mesylate
• 确定效应(確定效應) deterministic effect
• 料定 certain; to know for sure
• 滴定管 burette; buret
• 正弦定理 law of sines
• 酌定 to decide after intense deliberation
• 定存 certificate of deposit; time deposit
• 肯定 to confirm; to agree with ; affirmative; certain; definite ; to recognize to be of value; to affirm ; to understand
• 搞定 to fix; to settle; to wangle
• 定常态(定常態) constant state; fixed state
• 审定(審定) to examine and approve
• 定量研究 quantitative research
• 判定 to judge; to decide
• 内定(內定) to select somebody for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried
• 一口咬定 to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
• 定时摄影(定時攝影) time-lapse photography
• 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
• 核定 to audit and determine; to check and ratify; to appraise and decide; determination; on a deemed basis (taxation); to deem
• 划定(劃定) to demarcate; to delimit; to allocate
• 居无定所(居無定所) to be without a fixed residence
• 界定 definition; to delimit
• 定座率 occupancy
• 定性分析 qualitative inorganic analysis
• 定做 to have something made to order
• 尘埃落定(塵埃落定) the dust has settled; to get sorted out; to be finalized ; Red Poppies
• 一锤定音(一錘定音) to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; to make the final decision

Also contained in

安定区 、 定结县 、 定兴 、 普定 、 安定乡 、 定结 、 斯文·赫定 、 定陶 、 拉米夫定 、 不定性 、 定日县 、 斯文·海定 、 定边县

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• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 142
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 132
• 卷七十 志第二十三 律曆三 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Measures and Calendar 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 115
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 102
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 100
• 卷五十五　志第七:　　曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 92
• 卷八十 志第三十三 律曆十三 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 91
• 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 84
• 卷七十二 志第二十五 律曆五 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Measures and Calendar 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 83

Collocations

• 华定 (華定) 宋華定 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 18
• 定姒 (定姒) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 羹定 (羹定) 羹定詔於堂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 6
• 定危 (定危) 定危治亂乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 5
• 君定 (君定) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 定来 (定來) 宋公使華定來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 葬定 (葬定) 葬定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 大定 (大定) 天下大定 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 武成 Zhou Shu - Successful Completion of the War — count: 3
• 定宗庙 (定宗庙) 故能定宗廟 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3
• 能定 (能定) 用能定爾子孫于下地 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 3